Vertical gearing for harvesters and binders



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G.SCH'UB ERT.

VERTICAL GEARING FOR HARVESTERS AND BINDERS.

No. 476301. Patented Jun 14, 1892.

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VERTICAL GBARING FOR HARVEST No. 476,901,

Patented June 14, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE SOHUBERT, OF W ALNUT, TEXAS.

VERTICAL GEARING FOR HARVESTERS AND BINDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 476,901, dated June 14, 1892.,

Application filed April 23, 1891. Serial No. 390,212. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE SCHUBERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at \Valnut, in the county of Bosque and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Vertical Gearing for Harvesters and Binders, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to improvements in vertical gearing for harvesters and binders in which the main operating-shaft is carried in a vertical position, thereby securing a larger range to elevate the machine and securing a perfect balance of the machine on the ground-wheels without extending parts of the machine to the front or rear; and the objects of my improvements are, first, to provide a plate (secured to the axle of the master- Wheel and carried in a vertical position) with flanges on its vertical edges, thus preventing a light plate from springing, the upper ends of the flanges being cut from the body of the plate and turned inward to a horizontal position and the central portion of the upper end of the plate turned down over the ends of said horizontal flanges and secured thereto; second, to construct a lever and a shifterclamp and a bevel-pinion, so that said pinion can be engaged with or disengaged from a driving-gear; third, to provide an idler to operate on the rear side of the toothed rim, so as to hold the toothed rim in proper mesh with its bevel-pinion without any side pressure on the axle of the master-wheel and to construct the bracket by which the idler is carried so as to be shiftable, so that the mesh with the toothed rim and bevel-pinion can be adjusted; fifth, to provide a simple and light raising and lowering device; sixth, to construct a sickle-head with a vertical stud to re ceive a pitman operated in ahorizontal plane and an anti-friction roller thereon near its up per end and guides for said roller to operate on; seventh, to provide a shift-able or pivoted finger-bar clip, so that the passage of the sickle-bar can be cleared, so that the sicklehead can be removed grainward. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of the machine. Fig. 2 is a partial section on line 1 1, Figs. 1 and 3, with the lower parts shown in full lines from the rear. Fig. 3 is a section on line 2 2,

Figs.,1 and 2, with parts beyond shown in full lines and the master-Wheel and thetoothed rim partly broken away. Fig. i is-a section on line 3 3, Figs. 2 and 3, with parts below shown in full lines. Fig. 5 is an end View of the grain-board,showing the opening through which the sickle-head is removed, the grainboard being partly broken away. Fig. 6 is a section on line 4 4, Figs. 1. and 2, showing the sickle-head and the stud provided with the pitman and anti-friction roller in full lines. Fig. 7 is a side and a plan view of the lever employed to remove the spring-pin from the finger-bar clip. Fig. 8 shows a plan and a side view of the finger-bar clip, with the finger-bar shown in section, and also a cross and an enlarged longitudinal section of the spring-pin by which the finger-bar clip is held in position. Fig. 9 is a side view of the key enlarged. Fig. 10 is a cross-section of the lever and a side view of the bracket by which the free end of the lever is retained in position. Fig.11 is a plan view of the adjustable bracket with the anti-friction roller removed. Fig. 12 is a side view of the sickle head attached to the sickle. Fig. 13 is a plan or edge view of the hand-lever to raise or lower the machine. Fig. 1 L is a side view of same. Fig. 15 is a section of the bevel-pinion carrying the key a and Fig. 16 is a plan and side view of the bracketprovided with the hook to engage with the chain.

Referrin g to the drawings, A designates the master-wheel, formed of a rim secured to the outer ends of the spokes A and A by the nuts A The outer ends of the spokes A are threaded to receive the nuts A and the spokes A are threaded farther down to also receive the nuts A by which the toothed rim B is secured in position. The inner ends of the spokes A and A are secured in the hub A in any well-known manner.

A indicates the axle on which the masterwheel rotates. Said axle is rigidly secured to the plate D.

D is a washersecured by rivets to the plate D to strengthen the plate D and to receive the axle A and to secure the same more rigidly to the plate D. Said plate D is carried in a vertical position and provided with flanges D D on its vertical edges to prevent its springing. The upper ends of said flanges D side. Said lug D is perforated to receive the chain D Said chain extends to the lower provided with an opening K, (see Fig. 5,) located on the line of the sickle-bar L, and. through which the sickle-head L is removed.

K forms the outer guard or shoe, secured to the finger-bar J and to the grain-board K in any suitable manner. The inner end of the finger-harJis provided with an extension J,

extending stubbleward toward the plate D and gradually reduced in width toward its I end, and with its end turned forward ata right angle at J on the rear of plate D to receive the plate D. J is slightly elevated, as shown in Fig. 2, so as to clear the toothed rim B.

J indicatesabar secured to the shoe K and the finger-bar J and extending to the plateD and turned rearward at right angles at J on the rear of plate D to receive said plate D and elevated the same as the extension J.

at its lower end, by which it is secured to the rear flange of the finger-barJ opposite the plate D about ten or twelve inches above the end of the extension J. The shoe K is secured to the finger-bar J near the inner end of the sickle-bar L, projecting forward, with its forward edge turned upward to a vertical position at K. To said edge K is secured the bar J zontal position the same as bar J and its end J bent rearward on the rear of plate D to receive said plate I) at the same height as the bar J.

P indicates a vertical bar extending from the bar J to the bar J near the plate D and secured to said bars J and J P is a similar bar on the front side of the machine, se-' cured to the bars J and J opposite the bar P. (See Figs. 3 and 4.)

P indicates the upper cross-bar, extending over the bars J and J", with its ends turned down and secured to the upper ends of the bars P and P and the bars J 5 and J adjacent the flanges D D (See Figs. 2 and 3.)

P is a cross-bar near the lower ends of the The end of said extension t by the usual draft-pole.

J designates a bar provided with an eye J 1 Said bar extends stubbleward at i an elevation,with its upper end bent to a hori- 1 bars P and P and secured to said bars ad jacen't the flanges D D D indicates a bracket provided with a hook or stud D and secured to theunder side of the cross-bar P with the stud D projecting toward the plate D to receive the chain D Said stud projects slightly downward to prevent the chain D from slipping off as it receives the weight of the machine.

J is an opening or slot made in the vertibar P Said opening J is of sufficient size to admit the hand-lever D provided with the stud D. Said lever is placed in the opening J, with the stud D turned upward. After said stud D has passed through the slot J the lever is turned on edge, with the stud D projecting toward the plate D and shifted in until said stud D is opposite the chain D The opening J is of suitable size to prevent the lever D from canting, but large enough so as to allow the lever D a slight lateral movement, so that the stud D can be engaged with or disengaged from the chain D In elevating the machine the lever D is placed in position, as seen in Fig. 3, with the stud D engaging the chain D Then the rear or free end of the said lever D is elevated, thereby elevating the machine on the vertical plate D, and the chain is disengaged from the stud D and another link engaged. The operation is repeated until the machine is elevated to the desired height, when the leverD is again removed. The machine is prevented from tilting forward (Not shown in the drawings.)

P designates a crossbar turned on edge and placed between the shaft or and the bars cal bar P, between the bar J 5 and the cross- P and P, with its ends projecting and turned at right angles on the said bars P and P and secured thereto a suitable distance from their lower ends, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

P indicates a cross-bar extending from the bar J to the bar J passing on the grainward side of the crank-shaft f, and to it is secured the upper bearing P of the crank-shaft f, with its lower bearing in the cross-bar P, socured to the extension J and the bar J Said crank-shaft is provided with a crank f and a pinion f in engagement with the pinion a B designates a toothed rim secured to the spokes A of the master-wheel A with the lugs B by the nuts A Said lugs B project from the toothed rim in a lateral position and are of sufficient length so as to allow the toothed rim L to project beyond the plate D. The plate D is of proper length so as to allow the toothed rim B to rotate around said plate D. The rear surface of the toothed rim is worked to a smooth surface for the purpose hereinafter stated.

a designates a vertical shaft journaled near its upper end in a bearing a, provided with an upward projection a projecting through i a perforation in the projection D and secured to said projection. The shaft a is also journaled in a bearing a and near its lower end secured to the cross-bar P and the shaft is provided with a pinion c 011 its lower end in mesh with the pinion f and a collar 0 is se cured to said shaft a above the bearing a to prevent the downward movement of the said shaft (1. Said shaft Ct is provided with a keyway a, the larger part of its length extending to its 11 pper end, (see Fig. 3,) and a bevel-pinion a near its upper end in mesh with the toothed rim B. Said bevel-pinion a is provided with a key a having the lug a and the extension a". Said extension a is of sufficient length so as to extend through the bearing a and of proper size to fill the keyway a in the bearing portion, withits outer surface rounded to conform with the shaft, so as to provide an unbroken bearing-surface on the shaft a in the bearing a, thus preventing the cutting of the edges of the keyway in the hearing. The key a is secured in the bevel-pinion a by the stud a" projecting in a perforation a made in the neck of the said pinion a", (see Figs. 2 and 15,) so that the shaft CL can have a vertical movement through the bearing a, and the bevel-pinion a without displacing the key a The bevel-pinion a is provided with a groove (Z forming the flange (l (l designates a clamp, with its ends turned inward to engage the groove d and perforated to receive the shaft a.

d designates a bracket secured to the upper surface of the clam p (l and perforated to receive the shaft a. The ends of said bracket are turned up, forming the ears (1 (Z 6 indicates the rear end of a lever, preferably formed of pieces of wood e and e, connected by the strips 2 and e Said strips are curved outward near their centers and the ends of the wood are left about two inches apart, so as to provide ample room for the shaft CL. Said lever is at the center of the strips 6 and e and on line with the shaft a pivotally secured to the ears 1 (1 (see Figs. 1 and 3,) and its forward end c is pivoted to the upright (1 The lower end of said upright is pivoted to the bracket d, secured to the projection D The strip 6 is provided with an extension 6 projecting from the leverhandle 6 in the form of a dovetail (see Fig. 10) to engage with the notches d" and (Z on the bracket (Z Said bracket (1 is bent at right angles at h at its lower end and is secured to the projection D The connections of the shorter end cof theleveraresufficiently springy, so that the longer end of the lever can be drawn toward the master-wheel A, and

the extension 6 can be disengaged from the bracket (Z and elevated and engaged with the upper notch (Z thereby disengaging the bevel-pinion a" from the toothed rim B. The notches cl and b in the bracket 61 are dovetailed to correspond with the extension e so as to prevent the lever e from disengaging the bracket (Z when vertical pressure is applied to said lever. are large enoughv so that the dovetail exten- Said notches d and b sion can be readily engaged with or disengaged from said notch.

2) indicates abracket bifurcated at b to project on each side of the bearing a and secured with the bolts b engaging the slots 11 so as to be adjustable on the projection I). Said bracket 1) is provided with a stud 11 carrying the anti-friction roller or idler If to operate or travel on the .rear surface of the toothed rim B, and by shifting the bracket on the bolts Z2 the mesh of the toothed rim B with the bevel-pinion a, can be adjusted, and all side pressure on the short axle A of the master-wheel is overcome.

j designates the pitman, provided with the crooks j, so as to elevate its stubbleward end slightly.

j designates a strap by which the pitman is secured to the crank f by the bolts j, with its other end secured to the sickle-head stud L by the strap j secured by the bolts 7'. The

sickle-head L, is secured to the inner end of the sickle-bar L, with the stud L projecting upward and rounded and its upper endreduced, forming the shoulder L (see Fig. 12) to receive the pitman j on its larger portion L and the anti-friction roller L on its upper reduced end secured by the spring-key L Said roller L" operates on the guides f and f, which are secured to the brackets f and f. The bracket f is secured to the lingerbar J, and the bracket f is secured to the shoe K.

f is a strip secured between the shoe K and the bracket f forming the usual slot f for the end or blank section to guide the sickle.

L designates the sickle-bar, provided with the usual sections L to operate in the guardfingers K.

2' designates a forward projection of a finger-bar clip, pivoted at 2' to the fingers-bar J, with the end i projecting over the sickle-bar L to prevent said sickle bar L from rising out of the guard-fingers E. Said clip is provided with the rearward projection z" resting on the finger-bar J, so as to prevent said clip from rocking, and thus prevent the end 'i from rising. 2' is an arm of said clip extending along the bar J for three or four inches and provided with a groove 2', extending to the perforation i, which receives the spring-pin 0, extending through the arm i and a corresponding perforation in the finger-bar by which the said clip is held in position.

1, indicates a lever curved at one end and of size to fit in the groove 2', with its end projecting under the head of the spring-pin 0, and is to be used to remove said spring-pin when so desired. The spring-pin o is provided with a groove 0' to receive a spring 0 Said spring is secured in the upper end of the groove 0, with its dow'nward-proj'ecting end projecting laterally from said pin, as shown in Fig. 8, and its lower end 0 curved back toward the pin, so as to readily enter a perforation. The lower end of the pin 0 is grooved deeper, so as to receive the short crook o of the spring 0 The said spring-pin 0 can be removed by the lever-t, above described, or driven out as any ordinary pin. Said spring-pin can be employed instead of the ordinary spring-key for different pur- I ment with the groove d and perforated and poses. Said spring-pin 0 should be of sulficient 1ength,so as to project througha proper lcngth,and thus allow the spring 0 to expand and hold the pin in position.

To remove the sickle from this machine, the spring-key L the roller L and then the pitman are removed from the stud L Then the spring-pin 0 is removed with the lever 25, as above described. Then the clips are moved in position, as seen in dotted lines in f Fig. 1, thus allowing the sickle-head to pass out grai-nward, as heretofore stated.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a harvester, a plate D, secured to the axle of the master-wheel and carried in a vertical position, with its vertical edges provided with flanges D D and their upper ends extended and turned inward to a horizontal position at D D, in connection with the upper end of the plate D, extended and turned down over the ends D D to a horizontal position, forming the projection D as shown, and for the purpose described.

2. In a harvester, the combination, with the finger-bar J, provided with an extension J, of the bars J, J and J bent around the rear of the plate D, as shown, and for the purpose described, in connection with the bars P, P, P and P and the plate D, provided with flanges D D and carried by the axle of the master-wheel, for the purpose described.

3. In a harvester, the combination, with the i finger-bar J, provided with the extension J, of the bars J J and-J bent around the rear of the plate D, as shown, and for the purpose described, in connection with the bars P, P, P and P the plate D, supported by the axle of the master-wheel, and a chain D or its equivalent secured to near the upper end of T the plate D and extending downward to engage with a hook D, as and for the purpose described.

4. In a harvester, the combination, With the finger-bar J, provided with the extension J,

of the bars J J and J bentaround the rear 3 of the plate D, as shown, and for the purpose described, in connection with the bars P, P and P the plate D, supported by the axle of the master-wheel, a chain D or its equivalent secured to near the upper end of the plate D and extending downward to engage with-a hook D, as and for the purpose described, in connection with the bar P, provided with an opening J and a lever D f provided with a stud D, as shown, and for the purpose described.

5. Inaharvester,abracketd, engaging'with f the groove (1 and perforated and provided with the bracket d, having ears 61 01 in connection with a lever to engage with said ears,

k bevel-pinion a, as shown, and for the purpose 5 described.

6. In a harvester, a bracket d in engageprovided with the bracket (1, having ears (1 E612, in connection with a lever formed of the ends e and 6', connected by the strips 6 and 6 provided with the strips 6 and 6 curved as shown, and pivoted to the ears (Z (P, a bracket (1 provided with notches d and 12 a Ylink d a bracket d", and a bevel-pinion a, as

and for the purpose described.

7. In a harvester, a bracket 61 in engagement with the groove d and perforated and provided with the perforated bracket (Z', having ears 61 (P, in connection with a lever provided with th'e'strips e and c curved as shown, and pivoted to the ears cl 61 the strip e ,provided with the dovetail extension 6, a bracket d, provided with notches (l and b in conf nection with the upright (1 a bracket d, and 1a bevel-pinion a, as and for the purpose dei scribed. f 8. In a harvester, the combination of a bracket 12, secured to the projection D and provided with a stud b and an anti friction roller ,or idler on said stud b in position to operate ion the rear surface of the toothed rim B, for j the purpose described. i 9. In a harvester, the combination of the gbraeket 19, secured to the projection D, with ?its body bifurcated and provided with slots 19 b for the purpose described and provided 'with a stud b and an anti-friction roller on ;said stud, as shown, and for the purpose de- 1 scribed.

10. In a harvester, the combination of a I sickle-head secured to the sickle-bar and provided with a vertical stud L to receive the -pitrnan J, and an anti-friction roller L near i'ts upper end in connection with guides f 1 and f and brackets f and f, as shown, and :for the purpose described. 1 11. In a harvester, the combination of a jshiftable finger-bar clip pivotedto the fingerbar J and provided with the projection 11, and 5 extension e' and arm 1?, secured in position by a spring-pin, as shown, and for the purpose described. 12. In a harvester, the combination of a sh-iftable' finger-bar clip having the projec- Etionsi and z" and an arm or extension i said gclip pivoted to the finger-bar,with the projection 11 extending over the sickle-bar, the ;arm or extension 2' being provided with a ;groove 17*, said clip secured in position by a F spring-pin having a projecting head, as shown, 3 and for the purpose described.

GEORGE SCIIUBERT.

Witnesses:

R. A. OURETIN,

J NO. J. ROGERS.

a bracket 61, a link (1 a bracket (Z and a 

